US EditionIran urges Sweden to reconsider choices leading to ‘regrettable shift’ in bilateral ties
- Ahmadreza Djalali, an emergency medicine specialist with dual Iranian and Swedish citizenship who holds a guest professorship at the Free University of Brussels, experienced a heart attack while incarcerated in Tehran’s Evin prison in May 2025.
- Djalali has been held since 2016 on espionage charges, and his health decline amid harsh prison conditions has raised urgent concerns.
- Amnesty International and other human rights groups repeatedly demand his release, while his wife and lawyer appeal to Sweden and Belgium for intervention.
- Djalali stated in a recent audio message that without European action, "his death would be inevitable" from execution or poor health.
- The situation highlights ongoing international concern and demands for increased diplomatic engagement to prevent his potential execution or death while in detention.
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VUB professor sentenced to death in Iran: Flemish minister-president asks for consultation with Iranian ambassador
Flemish minister-president Matthias Diependaele follows the case of Ahmadreza Djalali closely and contacted the ambassador of Iran in Belgium to talk to him about the Iranian-Swedish doctor. He, also a visiting professor at the VUB, reportedly recently had a heart attack at Evin prison in Tehran, where he was imprisoned. According to his wife, he is in danger of death. ...
Iran urges Sweden to reconsider choices leading to ‘regrettable shift’ in bilateral ties
Iran has called on Sweden to reconsider choices leading to ‘regrettable shift’ in bilateral ties after Stockholm demanded the release of Ahmad Reza Jalali, who is on death row in the country.
Djalali has had a heart attack: "Immediate danger to life"
Jailed Swedish-Iranian researcher Ahmadreza Djalali has suffered a heart attack, according to his wife Vida Mehrannia and lawyer Nima Rostami. Djalali, who was arrested in Iran in 2016 and sentenced to death on charges of espionage, is believed to be alive.
Ahmadreza Djalali struck by a heart attack in the prison of Evin
The Iranian researcher Ahmadreza Djalali, honorary citizen of Novara, was struck by a heart attack in the night between Thursday 8 and Friday 9 May. Given the illness the man was transported to the Evin prison clinic, where he has been imprisoned for nine years (the anniversary...
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